Coming to town and need restaurant info

[Ray Finkle]

Man, I’ll take a shot but that’s a hefty ask.

Breakfast:
Rusted Rooster (By far, the best around IMO)
Cafe Des Amis (Breaux Bridge)
Dwyer’s (DT)
French Press (DT)
Gary’s (Free Town)
Acadian Superette (Free Town)

Lunch:
Spoonbill (DT)
Dwight’s (Midtown)
Country Cuisine (North Side)
Laura’s II (Near Campus)
Pop’s Poboys (DT)
Rachel’s Cafe (Southside)
Johnson’s (DT)
Villager’s Cafe (West End)
The Cajun Table (Southside)
Cafe 329 (Midtown)
Joey’s (Midtown)
Hub City Dinner (Oil Center)
Bon Temps (Oil Center)
Cafe Bella (Oil Center)

Plate lunches:
Nunu’s (Youngsville)
Champagne’s (Saints Streets)
M & S Grocery (Upper Lafayette)
Menard’s Cajun Grocery (Duson)
Gary’s (Again)
T-Coons (Southside)
Creole Lunch House (North Side)
Acadian Superette (Again)
Earl’s (Southside)
Glenda’s Creole Kitchen (Breaux Bridge)
Poche’s (Poche Bridge)
Veronica’s Cafe (Carencro)

Just A Burger:
Mandez’s (Midtown - Sneaky good food)
Cankton Inn (on N HWY 93 - Cankton)
Judice Inn (Of course)
Broaddus Burger (Southside)
Ground Pat’i (Midtown)
Max’s Pool Hall (Southside)
Fat Pat’s (West End)

Dinner:
Fezzo’s (Scott)
Uncle T’s Oyster House (Scott)
Don’s Seafood Hut (Midtown)
Social Southern (Midtown)
Ruffino’s (Not Cajun food - But great place)
iMonelli (Italian - Creole / Midtown)
Pat’s on the Levee (Breaux Bridge)
Cafe Vermilion (Midtown)
Cafe Josephine (Sunset)
Riverside Inn (Southside)

Places you’ll hear people talk about but should not waste your time:
Zea
Blue Dog Cafe
Lil Tea Cup
Prejean’s
Charlie G’s
Randol’s

Very much appreciated, sir. I'm going to put this into excel for future use. Feeling like a tool thinking that Prejean's was legit LMAO.

[Ragin4U]

Very much appreciated, sir. I'm going to put this into excel for future use. Feeling like a tool thinking that Prejean's was legit LMAO.

To be fair, it is an 'experience'. Family from out of state likes to go to Randols for the music/dancing, etc. Prejeans is the same. A good experience for out of towners.
DI's out in the country past Iota is as authentic as it gets.

[ManAboutTown]

To be fair, it is an 'experience'. Family from out of state likes to go to Randols for the music/dancing, etc. Prejeans is the same. A good experience for out of towners.
DI's out in the country past Iota is as authentic as it gets.

I almost added DI’s and Ruby’s but figured Eunice area was a bit too far.

Agree with R4U about the experience of Prejean’s and Randol’s.

[Ragin4U]

I almost added DI’s and Ruby’s but figured Eunice area was a bit too far.

Agree with R4U about the experience of Prejean’s and Randol’s.

Oh damn. Forgot about Rubys. I have not been there in years. If we are widening our radius, lets talk Sonnys Chicken in The Point and Nickeys in Kaplan!

[ManAboutTown]

Oh damn. Forgot about Rubys. I have not been there in years. If we are widening our radius, lets talk Sonnys Chicken in The Point and Nickeys in Kaplan!

Speaking of.. Does Rod’s do plate lunches?
We could do an entirely separate thread like this just for Specialty Meats spots..

[Ole Colony]

Tim’s Kitchen in Broussard is worth going to just for their rolls.

[facelessjonmoon]

Inexcusable omission by me. Blanchard’s for sure belongs on this list. I haven’t been there in a while though.

I still very much need to try Blanchard’s. Heard nothing but good things

[Ragin4U]

Speaking of.. Does Rod's do plate lunches?
We could do an entirely separate thread like this just for Specialty Meats spots..

Wow another blast from the past. Not sure if they still serve plate lunches. I could not eat one right now anyway.Food coma city! They used to pile so much food on there.
I do not get the Blanchards love. Its ok but I think Johnsons is much better.

[ManAboutTown]

Wow another blast from the past. Not sure if they still serve plate lunches. I could not eat one right now anyway.Food coma city! They used to pile so much food on there.
I do not get the Blanchards love. Its ok but I think Johnsons is much better.

Johnson’s all day, but I’m biased. The original in Eunice was across from my Grandparent’s house. I grew up stomping on those crickety floors.

Blanchard’s, back when I was in that area often, was pretty damn good.

[BlueDawg]

Nice list.
I would add The Brown Skillet. In Chevron? Corner of University and Pinhook. Great lunch, great people.
Zorbas for Lebanese-Syrian-Greek.
Steamboat Warehouse in Washington is off the beaten path but the food is good and the building and location is very cool.

Steamboat 👍🏼
Lil Big Cup in Arnaudville

[cajun_lannister]

I almost added DI’s and Ruby’s but figured Eunice area was a bit too far.

Agree with R4U about the experience of Prejean’s and Randol’s.

Buger zone in Crowley or C'est Bon in Mermentau.. hit those up recently HOLY COW were they good

[ManAboutTown]

Steamboat 👍🏼
Lil Big Cup in Arnaudville

Lil Big Cup... Not tea cup..

No idea how that happened. Either way, severely overrated. I’ve never had a good experience there and the food is just ‘OK’. Not worth the price or the drive.